TEAM · CONTRIBUTORS

Team & Contributors

The people behind F-Star — the team and contributors who turned seventy years of Kelly betting discipline into a non-custodial crypto asset allocation service.

Core contributors come from traditional quant (systematic futures / options market-making), crypto-native trading (MEV / DEX arbitrage), institutional custody, and compliance backgrounds. They build and maintain the Kelly engine, risk controls and the allocation service, and respond to security disclosures. For privacy, some members are listed by initials or role.

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

C. Yi (handle)

Ex-Two Sigma · 12 yrs systematic · Columbia MFE

Leads F*'s strategy framework and Kelly optimal allocation model.

HEAD OF RESEARCH

M. Zhao

Ex-Jump Trading · 5 yrs crypto-native research · BS Physics, Peking U

Owns signal research, parameter estimation, and the backtest stack.

HEAD OF TRADING

K. Chen

Ex-Wintermute · 8 yrs market-making · MIT EECS

Runs execution, CEX / DEX cross-market quoting and hedging.

HEAD OF RISK

S. Liu

Ex-Citadel · 10 yrs risk · CFA / FRM

Reports independently to the Risk Committee; owns circuit breakers and stress testing.

HEAD OF COMPLIANCE

J. Park

Ex-BitGo Trust · 7 yrs compliance · HK qualified lawyer

Oversees KYC/AML, custody integration, and regulator engagement.

— ADVISORS

Advisors

STRATEGY ADVISOR

Anonymous

Former GP at a Sigma quant fund · early practitioner of Kelly / Optimal-f

CRYPTO ADVISOR

Anonymous

L1 protocol core developer · MEV research background

LEGAL ADVISOR

Walkers / Cooley

BVI / Cayman / US fund law support

F* Protocol is hiring contract engineers, security researchers, and Policy maintainers. Apply at careers@fstar.dev. Contributions are also welcome through PRs, docs, and Policy implementations — see GitHub.